Look up: backlash

1. backlash
   [n] - an adverse reaction to some political or social occurrence
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2. Backlash
   The lost motion or looseness (play) between the faces of meshing gears or threads. In the case of gears, it refers to how much one gear can be moved back and forth without moving the gear into which it is meshed. It may be measured in degrees. See also: Gear Design.
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3. backlash
   in any mechanism,lost motion due to loose fitting or wear Category: Transport • the amount by which the width of a tooth space exceeds the thickness of the engaging tooth on the pitch circles Category: Mechanical engineering • property of most regenerative and oscillator circ...
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4. Backlash
   Back'lash` (-lăsh`) noun [ Back , adverb + lash .] (Mech.) The distance through which one part of connected machinery, as a wheel, piston, or screw, can be moved without moving the connected parts, resulting from looseness in fit...
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5. backlash
   <mechanics> The distance through which one part of connected machinery, as a wheel, piston, or screw, can be moved without moving the connected parts, resulting from looseness in fitting or from wear; also, the jarring or reflex motion caused in badly fitting machinery by irregularities in vel...
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6. backlash
   noun an adverse reaction to some political or social occurrence; `there was a backlash of intolerance`
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7. Backlash
   • (n.) The distance through which one part of connected machinery, as a wheel, piston, or screw, can be moved without moving the connected parts, resulting from looseness in fitting or from wear; also, the jarring or reflex motion caused in badly fitting machinery by irregularities in velocity ...
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8. backlash
   
   • a movement back from an impact
   • an adverse reaction to some political or social occurrence
   
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9. Backlash
   In mechanics, the term backlash describes the distance through which one part of connected machinery, such as a wheel, piston, or screw, can be moved without moving the connected parts, resulting from looseness in fitting or from wear. The term also describes the jarring or reflex motion caused in b...
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10. Backlash
    (sociology) A "`backlash`" is a popular negative reaction to something which has gained popularity, prominence, or influence. Although it can sometimes represent a categorical rejection of the idea, aesthetic, product, or fad in question, it is usually a reflection of a collective r...
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11. Backlash
    (Marc Slayton) Fictional character biography : Marc Slayton was born in Atlantis about three thousand years ago, the son of a human mother and Lord S`ylton, an enhanced Kherubim lord of the alien colony Atlantis. When his father sacrifices his life to imprison one-time allies the D`rahn, a ra...
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12. Backlash
    (Jodi Slayton) `Backlash` (`Jodi Slayton`), formerly known as `Crimson` and `Jet`, is a fictional character of the Wildstorm universe. She first appeared in Backlash #9 (June 1995) and was created by Sean Ruffner and Brett Booth. Since then Jet has featured in Wildcore, Gen-A...
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13. Backlash
    (Bad English album) `Backlash`, is the second and final album by American AOR supergroup Bad English, released in 1991. Track listing : #"So This Is Eden" (John Waite, Jonathan Cain, Russ Ballard) - 5:09 #"Straight to Your Heart" (John Waite, Neal Schon, Jonathan Ca...
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14. Backlash
    (engineering) In mechanical engineering, `backlash`, sometimes called `lash` or `play`, is clearance between mating components, sometimes described as the amount of lost motion due to clearance or slackness when movement is reversed and contact is re-established. For example, in a pair of gea...
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15. Backlash
    (pressure group) `Backlash` is an umbrella group formed in 2005 to coordinate opposition to the “Consultation on the possession of extreme pornographic material” issued in the UK jointly by the Home Office and the Scottish Executive. Its stated belief is that the proposals underly...
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16. Backlash
    (Freddie Hubbard album) `Backlash` is an album by trumpeter Freddie Hubbard, his first released on the Atlantic label. It features performances by Hubbard, James Spaulding, Albert Dailey, Bob Cunningham, Otis Ray Appleton and Ray Barretto. Track listing: # "Backlash" (Pickett...
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17. Backlash
    (Star Wars novel) `Backlash` is a novel by Aaron Allston that was originally scheduled for release on January 26, 2010 but was moved back to March 9, 2010 to give the author more time to recover from his 2009 heart attack. It is the fourth novel in the Fate of the Jedi series an...
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